By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. bishops on Friday approved new guidelines for ministering to Indigenous Catholics, a long in-the-works effort to reinvigorate the ministry and assure those communities that they don’t need to feel torn between their Native identity and their Catholic one. “You are both. Your cultural embodiment of
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a formal apology Friday to Indigenous people for the mistreatment and trauma inflicted by the Catholic Church. The apology is part of a document approved by US Catholic bishops by a vote during its annual spring meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. The document titled “Keeping
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI has appointed a former top U.S. cyberwarrior and intelligence official to its board of directors, saying he will help protect the ChatGPT maker from “increasingly sophisticated bad actors.” Retired Army Gen. Paul Nakasone was the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the National Security Agency before stepping
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a rapid-fire gun accessory that was used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The high court’s conservative majority found that the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it changed
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE, COLLEEN LONG and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) — President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have spoke privately on various matters but apparently not on abortion. The issue had emerged as an unexpected friction point among the democracies gathered in Italy for the Group of Seven
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, Devan Cole and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks approved by former President Donald Trump, the latest opinion from the conservative court rolling back firearm regulations. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion for a 6-3 court. The court’s liberal wing,
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BARI, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis challenged leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies Friday to keep human dignity foremost in developing and using artificial intelligence, warning that such powerful technology risks turning human relations themselves into mere algorithms. Francis brought his moral authority to bear on the
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer sentiment fell in June for the third straight month as Americans took a dimmer view of their own finances and worried about persistent inflation. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index, released Friday in a preliminary version, dropped to 65.6 this month from a
Continue ReadingLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The first Olympic Esports Games are set to be added soon to the IOC’s portfolio of events as it seeks to attract and retain young audiences. The International Olympic Committee says it will ask members to approve a proposal to create a video game Olympics when they meet next month in
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. Ukraine responded by calling Putin’s proposal “manipulative” and “absurd.” Putin’s remarks came as Switzerland
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US military will temporarily dismantle the humanitarian pier it constructed off the coast of Gaza and move it back to Israel on Friday night, amid concerns that heavy seas could once again break it just days after it resumed aid delivery operations, multiple US officials and US Central Command said.
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, Niamh Kennedy, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Nic Robertson, CNN (CNN) — The crowning document from a meeting of G7 leaders in Italy has been released with a veiled reference to abortion after French President Emmanuel Macron clashed with Italy’s prime minister over the specific language to include on abortion rights. The Group
Continue ReadingCLINTON, N.Y. (AP) — Police say two men have died after falling into a manure tanker in upstate New York. The fatal episode happened Thursday morning at Champion Farm in the central New York town of Clinton. Police say one of the men tried to retrieve a piece of equipment that had fallen into the
Continue ReadingBy DORANY PINEDA and TERRY CHEA Associated Press PIXLEY, Calif. (AP) — The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California’s farming country. Some people constantly run air purifiers at home to counter the smell and, they say, fight off air-related ailments. “We have
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are edging back from their records on Friday as caution creeps into financial markets heading into the weekend. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in afternoon trading after setting an all-time high every day earlier this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — A truism of American politics is that older voters prefer the Republican and younger voters prefer the Democrat. That’s what happened in 2020, when Democrat Joe Biden won voters under 50 and Republican Donald Trump won voters over 50, according to exit polls. Biden’s margin among
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY MEYER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. bishops on Friday approved new guidelines for ministering to Indigenous Catholics, a long in-the-works effort to reinvigorate the ministry and assure those communities that they don’t need to feel torn between their Native identity and their Catholic one. “You are both. Your cultural embodiment of
Continue ReadingBy DORANY PINEDA and TERRY CHEA Associated Press PIXLEY, Calif. (AP) — The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California’s farming country. Some people constantly run air purifiers at home to counter the smell and, they say, fight off air-related ailments. “We have
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. general election campaign has now passed the halfway mark. The main political parties finally have published their plans for government should they win on July 4. Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer tussled over tax. Starmer is predicted
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA SURK and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Leaders of France’s new leftist alliance have warned that the far right is “at the door of power.” Allied in a coalition known as the New Popular Front, they outlined their plan to prevent the surging far right from taking power in upcoming national
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